Articles tagged with: Hutchison 3G and Deutsche Telekom

Deutsche Telekom Under Pressure to Sell T-Mobile UK

Deutsche Telekom is reported to be coming under pressure to sell the UK arm of T-Mobile due to ongoing poor performance at the mobile network. Deutsche Telekom (DT) recently warned that it might have to write down the valuation of the company in its next financial results.  more

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EU calls on mobile operators to continue to improve child safety policies

Half of 10 year-old, 87% of 13 year-old and 95% of 16 year-old children in the EU have a mobile phone, but half of European parents worry mobile phone use might expose their children to sexually and violently explicit images (51%) or bullying by other children (49%), according to a survey. The European Commission has now called on mobile operators to do more to keep children safe while using mobile phones by putting in place all the measures in the voluntary code of conduct, signed by 26 mobile operators in 2007.  more

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Deutsche Telekom Interested in Buying Hutchison's 3G Operations - Report

Germany's Deutsche Telekom is reported this weekend to be considering a purchase of Hutchinson Whampoa's 3G networks within Europe - for a reported EUR15 billion (US$21.5 billion). In an advance copy of tomorrows (Monday) issue of the weekly business news magazine, WirtschaftsWoche, T-Mobile's Hamid Akhavan said that the company was "definitely interested in Hutchinson operations in Italy," more

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EU Court Rules Against VAT Refunds For 3G Telecom Cos

BRUSSELS (Dow Jones)--Europe's top court ruled Tuesday that mobile telephone operators can't claim back value added tax on money they paid to acquire third-generation mobile phone licenses at the peak of the telecommunications boom. more

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